Simon Blackburn, Times Literary Supplement, 1 September 2006
'a thoroughly professional contribution'
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If only Boghossian's eminently reasonable book were required reading for every freshman considering entrance into the humanities... (
Ars Disputandi )
...lucid and effective ... (
Times Literary Supplement )
This is a great book for a seminar or discussion group. And its about time that someone wrote it. Happily, it was someone with Boghossians clarity, verve, and panache. (
Graham Priest, Review of Metaphysics )
...this is an important book that should be widely read. (
Philosophers' Magazine )
This is a book that can be read in an afternoon and thought about for a lifetime. (
Wall Street Journal )
...a tour de force: subtle and originalbut accessible enough to be read by anyone with an interest in the subject. (
Wall Street Journal )
In both subject matter and execution, this book promises to become a small classic of philosophical analysis. (
Choice )
For all its sophistication and erudition, the writing is remarkably clear, free of specialized jargon, and accessible to nonspecialist readers. (
Choice )
...the book does a fine job of assessing in brief compass the sort of relativism/constructivism advocated by Rorty and his fellow travelers, and Boghossian's sophisticated and careful arguments against that Rortian view are often ingenious and invariably telling. (
Harvey Siegel, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews 25/07/07 )
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